Chinese Professor Suggests Men with Lower Income Could Share Wives to Solve Bachelor Crisis
You can’t solve every problem with pure logic. Learning that the hard way is Zhejiang University economics professor Xie Zuoshi. He’s on the receiving end of a nation’s wrath after he suggested wife sharing to solve China’s gender imbalance issue. News reports say that China’s gender ratio at birth is about 1.02 to 1.07 boys born for every […]
Vivos – The Ultimate Doomsday Community Bunkers for the Rich and Paranoid
Lots of people are obsessed with the idea of a post-apocalyptic world, and playing to their fears and fantasies is Vivos – a company that creates luxurious Doomsday bunkers. Created by California entrepreneur Robert Vicino, the bunkers at are exclusively meant for those who can afford them, and deemed worthy of Vicino himself. The company claims […]
Noodle Fan Has Tasted Over 5,600 Types of Ramen in the Last 20 Years
In his quest to discover the perfect instant noodle, Japanese ramen lover Toshio Yamamoto has tasted over 5,600 varieties from 40 countries, in the past two decades. He reviews every kind ramen he tries on his website and scores them on a scale of 1 to 5. The best rating he’s given out so far is […]
Japanese Monk Goes Nine Days Without Food, Drink and Sleep in Grueling Religious Ritual
Can you imagine going without food, drink and sleep for nine straight days and nights? It sounds impossible, but a Japanese Buddhist monk proved that it can be done, after recently completing a grueling ritual. Last Wednesday, 41-year-old Kogen Kamahori, one of the “marathon monks” of Mount Hiei, a holy mountain that straddles Japan’s Kyoto and […]
French Couple Spend Over $300,000 on Plastic Surgery to Look Like Barbie and Ken
A couple from France are so obsessed with dolls that they’ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to transform themselves into real-life Ken and Barbie. They’ve had over 15 procedures between them so far and plan to keep going until they achieve perfect doll-like appearances. And to complete the effect, they’re legally changing their names to ‘Ken’ […]
Hamburgirl Z – Japan’s Hamburger-Themed Girl Band
When it comes to idol groups in Japan, good ol’ music just doesn’t cut it anymore. They’ve got to throw in an additional gimmick or two, just to standout among the massive competition. And Hamburgirl Z is doing just that – it’s the world’s only hamburger-themed girl band! In the words of Japanese culture blogger […]
Spanish Couple Have Lived Alone in Abandoned Village for the Last 45 Years
For the past 45 years, Martin and Sinforosa Colomer have been the only two residents of La Estrella, an abandoned village in Spain. The only living beings they have for company are three dogs, four hens, a rooster, about 25 cats, and a few bees. The closest inhabited town is at least 25 kilometers away! […]
Animal Lover to Sell Her Apartment in Order to Save Pet Dog’s Life
A Serbian woman recently announced her decision to sell her apartment and all material possessions so she can afford medical treatment for her dog. Tanja Jankovic, 35, from Jagodina city, wrote that her dog Leo is battling a life-threatening disease and she needs all the money she can get to save him. “Please help me,” she […]
Bride-to-Be Turns Wedding Reception into Feast for the Homeless After Groom Gets Cold Feet
When 27-year-old Quinn Duane’s finance dumped her just a week before their wedding, the young woman decided to make the best of the situation. Instead of cancelling the wedding venue and catering, she invited the city’s homeless to partake in the elaborate feast. Quinn herself was too devastated to attend what should have been her own wedding […]
Guy Dubbed “King of Chillies” Eats Over 5 Pounds of Chillies Every Day
Li Yongzhi, 48, is fondly known as the ‘king of chilli’ in his home village of Shawoli, Henan Province. He starts his day with a chilli mouthwash and continues to eat copious amounts for breakfast, lunch and dinner. He recently told local media that he’s loved spicy food since childhood, and that chilli is his […]
Guy Has His Ears Cut Off to Better Resemble His Pet Parrots
British man Ted Richards is so in love with his pet parrots that he wants to look just like them. So he actually went through a six-hour operation to have his ears removed. And now he’s planning to turn his nose into a beak, as well! The 56-year-old retired shoe factory worker from Hartcliffe, Bristol, […]
Kind-Hearted Woman Organizes Birthday Parties for Homeless Children
Texas-based Paige Chenault loves birthdays, and believes everyone should have a chance to celebrate theirs. So she hosts beautiful parties for homeless children, giving them birthday celebrations they’ll remember for the rest of their lives. She started with a few parties in Dallas and went on to found a non profit called The Birthday Party […]
ALS Sufferer “Writes” 150,000 -Word Autobiography by Blinking Billions of Times
Meet Gong Xunhui, a 62-year-old Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patient who recently wrote a detailed autobiography using only her eyes! Gong Xunhui has been suffering from ALS for the past 12 years. She’s been confined to a wheelchair since 2006, but despite her almost complete paralysis, she has actually managed to write a 150,000-word book on her […]
Two Year Old Girl Becomes World’s Youngest Person to Be Cryogenically Preserved
Scientists and doctors have made a huge leap in cryonics – the effort to save lives through sub-zero temperatures – by freezing the body of a two-year-old child. Matheryn Naovaratpong is now the youngest person in the world to be cryogenically preserved. Fondly known to her family as ‘Einz’, the little girl was diagnosed with […]
This Environment-Friendly Bathing Suit Cleans Polluted Water as You Swim
Thanks to this cool new two-piece bathing suit, cleaning up the world’s oceans might actually become the ‘in’ thing to do during the hot summer months! The 3D-printed Sponge Suit bikini is made of flexible, carbon-based filler materials that function like a sponge, absorbing all sorts of pollutants from water. So you put it on, wade […]